Automatic machine for removing burs from electric welds.



J. S. BANTA-dz A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIC mourns r011 REMOVING BUBS ream ELECTRIC WELDS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1912.

1,1Q9,387, Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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J. S. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR REMOVING BURS FROM ELECTRIC WELDS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

Patented S ept 1,1914;

J. S. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR REMOVING BURS FROM ELECTRIC WELDS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.23 1912.

1,1@9,387, l Patentged Sept. 1, 1914.

11 SHEETS-SHEET 3Q MW 11, a My n ll? fr al mm J. S. BANTA- &' A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIG MACHINE FOR REMOVING BURS PROM ELECTRIC WELDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

1,109,387. atented Sept-1,1914

N i V jwmrs, WWfiSQj/ O3 714 2'2 J. s; BANTA & A. T. WEAVER, AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR REMOVING BURS FROM ELEQT BIG WELDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

J. S. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

AUTQMATIG MA 1,109,3 7.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

6 w m H H T E i m a n Z 5 I WJ I. s. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR REMOVING BURS FROM ELECTRIC WELDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912. 1,109,387, Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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wwa'aeaj JLS. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER.

CHINE FOR REMOVING BURS FROM ELECTRIC WBLDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

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Patented Sept. 1, 1 914.-

Patentd Sept. 1,1914.

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J. S. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR REMQYLNG BURS FROM ELECTRIC WELDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1912.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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ERCLUTGH J. S. BANTA & A. T. WEAVER. AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR REMOVING BURS FROM ELECTRIC WELDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG,28, 1912. I

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To all whom it may 001m l w it known that e, Jon n BAN'ra and Am ne r T. W AVE citizens f the United States, and residing at VVaii l e-gan, in. the county of Lake, State of illinois. and Joliet. in the county of Will. State of Illinois respectively have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Machines for Removing Burs from Electric. Welds, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the art of elsetric welding and has particular reference to a novel automatic device for removing the burs from electrically welded articles.

The practice of joining metallic articles by electric welding'is well established. in such practice it-is common to clamp the two parts to be welded, then pass an electric current through the contacting ends, causing the metal to be fused, At the same time one or the clamping jaws is' advanced toward theother thus upsetting and caus ing an intimate union of the metal at the contacting ends of the article; in effect, the two ends are caused to flow or use and he joined as one. However, an amount 0 metal equal in extent to the movement of the parts toward each other is displaced and flows outside of the original contour of the article, thus forming what is usually called a bur; that is, a surpl us of metal of irregular shape, which metal. must he removed by turning or grinding if the article is to have a regular surface.

Tn the illustrations we have shown the device as applied to -the wire working industry. In many cases two ends 013 wire are united and the resultant bur must he removed by some means before the article can be further treate'l or used. Thisentziils a. large amount of labor and. has heretofore precluded the employment of an electric Welding device in connection with wire to be passed thrl'iugh the galvanizing xoccss or for nail or fabric machines.

Syecificetion of Letters Pete nt.

The herein described machine is adapted for use in connection with an eh ctric welding machine of any well known type. A welding machine is shown in some of the figures of the drawings and our automatic bur removing machine is so arranged that the ope "ations of the two .units, that is, the welding; and the bur removing devices. are

sychronous, the weld is fiornied and immelfzttenterl sleet. ll, 'lil llsl.

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- (llntely thereafter the bur removing device advances and properly shapes the article.

During this operation the otherwise free end i the wire is held in one of the welding niachii're clamps.

The objects of our invention may be stated to beas follows: first. to provide a. machine which shall be almost entirely air toinetic in charucteig thus eliminating skilled labor in its caierationg second. to provide a. machine which shall be capable of wide adjustment to accommodate diiii'er ent; gages of wire; also to accommodate itself to inequalities such as may be present in the gage of the wire; third, to combine with such a machine a senii -automatic wel ding device by the article may means of which the ends of lJfill'lg thereafter removed.

be united, the resultant bur Uther and more particular objects will. appear hereinafter and be specifically pointed out in the claims.

Ourinvention will he more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings. wherein.

Figure l we side elevation of machine constructed in accordance with our inven' tion; F 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is an elevation taken from the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4- is transverse vertical section 'on the line 4 4- ot Fig. 2; rl ig. is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. '5 larged, partly sectional elevation. oi the ring; and cutting mechanism; llig. '7 is s, sclrtion on the line T'7 of Fig. (l; Fig. 8 is section on the line 8-43 oi "2; Fig. 9 is a section on the line 99 of Fig. 8; l ll) a detail elevation showing means for operating the clutch; Fig. ii is a section on the line ll-ll oi l ig. Fig. l2 a scr'rtion on the line l2--l2 I Fig. 2; Fig. 13 is a riew from heneatl showing; the {rearing m-m; l igr. i1 is an ration of a nnwdiiied Fig. 15 an end at cu of the son Fig. 16 a section con" {lily enlarged on the line 1G-16 of Fig. 2; Fig. l? is a plan view of a welding machine adapted for cooperation with'our bur reihoving machine; Fig. 18 a iront elevation of the same; Fig. ll.) is a. section on the line 19 -1) of lfland Fig. 20 is a diagram of the llhil 4 therein.

Wiring circuits controlling the different corresponds to the length electrlcally operated elements of the machine.

Referring more particularly to the'drai ings, it will be seen that the machine is superposed ona base 20, having downwardly projecting bearing brackets '21, 22 and 23, as shown in Fig. 4c, and upwardly roject-ing brackets 24, 25, 26, 27 and l ithin the bearings 24 to 27 inclusive is mounted a main drive shaft 29, power being supplied to such shaft by a belt pulley 30. A large gear 31 is keyed to the main shaft 29, and a worm 32 also forms a part of the shaft and transmits motion to a train of gearing, best shown in Fig. 3, in which there are gears 33, 34, 35 and 36. The latter gear is keyed to a short shaft 37, mounted on bearings 23, as shown in Figs. 3 and 1?. which shaft by means of beveled pinions transmits motion to cam shaft 39, mounted on bearings 21. and 22. having an element 40, provided with an endless cam groove 41 This is shown to advantage in Fig. 4.

Mounted in ways 42 on the base 20 and adapted to be guided thereby is a bodily movable turret composed of bearings 43, ii, and carrying therein a hollow shaft 45. Re ferring to F 1g. 4,.it will be seen that to this shaft is pinned a toothed gear wheel 46.

provided on its opposite meshing with the large gear 31 on the main drive shaft. The hollow shaft 45 is provided with an annular flange ll, to which 15 secured the gage operating devices later to 1 l l I l i l l l I l l i I l l I be described. llithin the hollow shaft 45 is l a second shaft 48, having an annular enlargement 49, recessed to provide a wedge element, adapted to cooperate with the clamping or cnga 'ing devices later to be described. The shaft 48 is lined to shaft to. in order to permit of its longitudinal movement with regard thereto. This shaft is end with a grooved collar 51, adapted to accommodate a yoke 52, pivoted on a bracket 53, forming a part of bearing 44. Cooperating with the yoke member is a lever 54-, also pivoted to bIElCKQt 53, and carrying an anti-friction roller 55 on its free end. The lever 5 actuates the yoke 52 through a coiled Spring 56, so arranged that the force exerted by the lever on the yoke not positive. T his is desirable as will be understood from the later description because of possible inequalities of the material to be acted upon. Tie lever 54 is actuated by reason of the antifriction roller 55, riding up on a cam 57, secured to the frame 20. As heretofore stated the turret. is bodily moved in the Ways 42. This movement is. caused by the cam element 40, coiiperating with an anthfriction roll 58. mounted on a pin 59. projected from thebob tom of the bearing members i3, 44. Thus will be seen that the movement of the turret l l l l i l l g l bore 43 The inner ends of the levers f the cam groove. In order to provide for me adjustment of movement of the turreh the cam member 40 s splined on the shaft 3. Abracket 60 is fixed to the same shaft and a b it 431 is threaded throughthe bracket and into the cam element e0, thereby providing for iongitudinal adjustment of the cam and consequent control of-the travel of the turret. It will be seen that the hollow shaft e the interior of shaft 48, the collar 51 and the flanges 4?. 49, as well as the bearing mem- 44, are all slotted, the slot 62 providing for the entrance of a wire to be acted upon.

The gaging and cutting mechanism, as best shown in Figs. 4, 6 and 7, is carried in a frame {it} having a bifurcated end, which is bolted to the finge er of the shaft 45. This member is likewise slotted as heretofore described. Between the extensions of the frame 63 are mounted levers (ii--64 and (i s--65. The levers Clrotate on pins 66 and the lovers: rotate on pins 67. The levers are provided with short studs 68 nor- .mally registering with slots in the levers or. 64; are iii-turned to provide a surface for cooperation with the concavity 50 in the shaft E8. The interned cn-ds til -are grooved to occommodate'the wire to acted upon and thus act as a gage, the motion transmitted to the levers and the attached cutting devices being limited by the movementof the inturned ends 64:": (hitting tools 70 are secured to the enlarged outer ends of the levers and are mounted for adjustment by means of srtablecap bolts 72. Springs 72 normally maintain the cut ting tools and associated levers in retracted position. However, it. will be seen that as the shaft is moved longitudinally toward the cutting enrht l6 inturned ends 6-4? will be hrough t together. This motion will be transferred to the tools 5'0, closing the same upon the work to the extent permitted by the gage. i; modification of this construction is shown in Figs. 14 and 15. In this construction we provide a very similar frame member 63. Ways G l. on'the outer end of the frame accommodate vertically movable jaws 65 having a cutting tool 68 dove-tailed therein. This tool is in two halves and the jaws 65 are adapted to be moved toward and from each other to provide an opening registering with the slot 652, to permit the entrance of the wire to be acted upon. Secured to the jaws 65 are gages 6'4 projecting inwardly from the cutting tool. These are adapted to grip the Wire and control the bite of the cutting tool on the wire.

ra -ins are actuated by means of segmental gen '10, pi oted at "l to of the frame L 63". Rocks 72, slidably mounted in ways'in mo es? H18 63 actuate the 70. The l'illllxl ?2** are actuated by means of wedge shaped nose pieces 50, on the shaft l8; it will be seen that as the turret advances carrying the lever 5%, said lever will ride up the czun 5? and by spring pressure move the shaft t8 longitudinally, thus forcing the nose pieces against therecks T 23, pressing the r; outwsrdly. This rotates the segmental To, and shifts the jaws 65 carr ing the cutting tools 66 inwardly. As the turrot is moved beckwsrd, the lever riding clown the cam will retract the shaft and releese the tool from the wire.

Tillie clutch heretofore referred to and shown in F 8 to 19 inclusive, may be of any preferred type. However, we prefer the one shown herein which includes :11. mem her 73, loosely mounted on the shaft 29 and carrying integral inwardly projecting seg meiitel portions 7%. A disk 7 5 is keyed to shaft *29 and has a plurality of flattened surfeces to. Rollers 7,7 are inter iosed between the contiguous edges of the segmental por" 'tion 74: and accommodated in the flattened ports of the disk 7 5. A. collar 78 having oppositely projecting arms 78 best shown in Fig. 5, is keyed to sheft 29, the arms having hooks on their ends, on which are hastened the ends of coiled'springs 79, the other ends of which ere secured to the part 73, loosely mounted on the shaft 29. The part 73, as shown in Fig. 5, has ,a, shoulder 80 on its periphery, this shoulder being adapted to cooperate with a. stop 81, actiiuited against the force of spring 82 by e. magnet 83. The

endency of the coiled springs is to contract, 4

thus 'odvsiicing the part 7 with its inwardly projecting segmental portions 7% end rollers 77, in the direction oi the arrow in Figs. 5 and 9: The pulley is also adapted to run in the direction of the arrow and when the rollers 77 are released they will be wedged between the contacting surfaces and transmit motion to the shaft 29. When it is desired to break the connection the stop 81 is projected under the shoulder 80 and the rollers are dislodged. This is an old and well known form of clutch and no claims are herein made thereon.

It will be seen that there are e. number of parts, each having slots which must register in order to insure .the insertion or re IflOVitl of the wire. Therefore it is necessary thutall of these slots shoi'lld register when the mecl'uuusm is stopped.

action We provide a brake member, ilS best shown in Figs. 3, 8 and 12, comprising .1 pulley 84, keyed to shaft 2-9 and. having a brake-band 85, cooperating therewith. Force is applied as. required to the brake-bond by means of magnets 86. The circuit through which the various magnets in the system are controlled is shown in Fig. 20 ind will be later des :idbed To insure such l l l l l l 1 l l l l l l l 1 I we have provided suitable its operative position us soon as During the cutting operation it is desirable that the wire should be held tautand.

device therefor. This comprises a, reciprocating head 87, mounted in ways 88, superposed on a bracket or standard 89. @n the head are clamping jufifs 90, mounted in ways which converge toward the forward end. T he jaws are toothed and it will be seen that a wire held by said will be clamped against a pulling force in the line of action. The reciproeating head is connected by a link 91, to one end of a, lever 92, pivoted on a bracket 93. A coiled spring; 94. is connected to the free end of the lever 92, the spring being attechcd by means of a suiteble bolt 95, to a port of the base 29. Thus it will be seen that the head is normally held in retracted position. However, when a wire is inserted or secured in the jaws, the head is manually shifted toward the ri ht, as shown in Fig. 9., by means of a hand leverQG. then held against the tension of the spring until released its forward point of engagement.

A welding machine which is semi-automatic in character, is shown in 17, 18 and 19, and arranged for cooperation with the bur removing device. The welder is mounted on on extension 97, on the frame 20, and comprises in addition to the base, two pairs clamping jaws 98', 99. The clamps are alike provided with cam operated clumping; levers 100, and with motion limitting screws 161. The head 98 is mounted for reciprocation transversely of the path of the wire in e. dove tailed groove 102, the reciprocation being caused automatically by means of cum disk 103, mounted on a shaft 104:, connected to a suitable source of power. This cam disk is provided with it com groove 105, within which an anti-friction roll 106 is seated. This roll is attached to an oXtension 10"! of the head 98. it will be seen that a complete revolution of the disk 103 will cause a complete forward and backward movement of the head 98. it is desirable,

however, that this movement should be govv crned in accordance with the action of the bur removing device; that is, that it should he retracted as soon the Weld is formed to permit the instant advance of the cutting head heretofore described and returned to the head has been retracted having completed its work. We have therefore provided a clutch dc c which is electrically operated andbcst shown in Fig. 19. .ln this figure it will be seen that we provide two pivoted stop mem bers 108, 10?), connected by means of the link 110. The hooks on the ends of these members are adapted to alternately engage with a stop 111 on the disk 103. These stop members 108, 109, 316 held in one position by 119., and shifited means or? s. coiledspring The wire is v against the force of the spring by means of a magnet 113. This magnet is on the same circuit as the clutch operating magnet heretofore described.

In Fig. 19 the magnet 113 has been deenergized, which has disengaged the stop 111 from the hook on the end of the lever 108, permitting the turning of the disk until stopped by the hook on the end lever 109, thus advancing the clamping member 98. The handle 100, which operates to clamp the part 98, is arranged for manual operation to clamp the wire but for automatic disengagement therefrom. This is ac'complished by the link 11%, connected to the handle 100, and carrying an anti-friction roll 115 on its end. This roll is contacted by a cam 116, operating in unison with the disk 103. It will be seen that as the disk rotates in 'tl1e .direction of the arrow, the cam contacting the part 115, will tend to shift the lever 100 and free the clamp 98. This occurs just prior to the withdrawing of the clamp 98 from its normally operative position. The clamp 99 is controlled manually both as to its opening and closing movements. The head carrying the clamp 99 1. movable on its base 117, in a direction transverse to that oi? 'the head 98. This base is mounted on suit able ways and is held in advanced position by means of coiled springs 1-18. The head and its base are retracted against the force of the springs by a hand lever-119. It will be understood that the two ends of the wire 'to be operated upon are placed in contact, with the head 99 retracted somewhat by means of the handle 119/ As soon as the wire is clamped and current applied, the handle is released and as the metal is fused it is upset or caused to flow by the shifting of the head, due to the force of the coiled springs 118. This causes the welding or fusing together of the ends of the wire. The clamp 99 performs another useful -function in holding one end of the wire during the operation of the cutting head. It will be seen that some holding means is necessary to prevent the twisting of the wire during the operation of removing the bur.

The means for starting and stopping the different instrumentalitics is controlled by a hand lever 120. as best shown in Fig. 2. The circuits controlled by this lever are shown diagrammatically in Fig. 20. Thee are three contact points-121, 1.22 and 1d. he first mentioned makes a positive connection to the magnets 83 and 113, controlling, respectively, the starting clutch and the welder clutch. When this action takes place the machine is started in operation and simultaneously therewith the welding jaw 98 is retracted by a halt revolution of the cam 103. As a safety feature and to prevent the accidental starting of the machine we provide the lever 120 with a springcontrolled into operation, the head, ca

amass? stem 124, which is contacted by aswinging stop 125, mounted on a art of the bearing 14 and movabletherewith. To move the lever 120 onto the contact 121, the stem 124: is retracted to free it from the stop 125. This starting into action causes the forward travel of the torrent member, the stop 125 swingingpast the stem 12 1. .The return movement of the turret disconnects the switch from the contact 121 and throws the lever past the contact point 122, onto the point 123. This point connects a circuit through thebrake magnets 86. Thus in-' stantly the brake is applied bringing the machine to a standstill. The breaking of the electrical connection to the welder magnet 113 releases the lug 111 from the stop 108 and permits a half revolution of the cam 103. This advances the clamping 98 into position ready for another weld.

Assumin the parts of the burrenioving device in the position of Fig. 1, and with the wire to be welded located within the slot 62, the free end of the wire being held by the clamp 98, as shown in Fig. 18. A wire to be joined thereto is clamped by the jaws 99, with the ends of the wire abutting. Prior to clamping the wire by the jaws 9S aws are retracted against the energy the spring 118, by means of the handle 1.1?

Electric current is then su lied and as the ends of the wire are fused the spring 118 forces the jaws 99 inwardly thus upsetting the end of the wire. After the completion of the welding operation the wire is released from the jaws 98 and said jaws retracted out of the plane of the wire. The bur-removingmechanism is then started rrying the burremoving'tool 70 being advanced by the +10, shown in Fig. i. As the head advances the arm-54, shown in that figure, rides up the incline 57 causing a shifting of the shaft 48 relative to the head. movement causes the contraction of the segm ital tool 70 thus hrinm'ng it into contact with the bur on the wire. This tool being rotated at a high speed, cuts off the bur. The head is then retracted by the cam 40, the halves of the tool are separated by the lever 54 riding down the incline 57, and, by the brake mechanism, the machine is stopped with the slot 62 presenting outwardly in such manner as to permit the removal of the wire. -The clamps 99 are then released and the joined wire may be removed.

The instrumentalities herein described are only typical andmany modifications may be made therein, all without departing from the spirit of our invention as set forth in the appended claims.

lVe claim: 7

1. In a bur-removing device, the combination or" a base, a movable head, means for automatically moving said head forward tool bodily rotatably mounted in said head, and means for bringing said tool into contact with the Work during the forward travel of said head and retracting the same therefrom during the backward travel of the head, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class ,,described, the combination of a base, a movable head, means for moving said head, a cutting tool associated with said head and rotatable relative thereto, means for bringing said bringing said tool into contact with the work tool into contact with the work and permitting the retraction of the same therefrom, and a spring interposed in the means for and arranged whereby the contact of the tool with the work is non-positive, substan tially as described.

3. In a bur removing machine, the combination of a base having ways, a Head adapted to act upon a section of welded material, said head being mounted for reciprocation in said ways. means causing reciprocation of said head, saidmeans including a cam, and means for bodily shifting said cam whereby the pathof travel of said head is changed, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a base, a head mounted for movement relative to said base, a hollow shaft carried by said head, a cutting tool carried by said shaft, means for rotating said .shaft'and tool, means permitting the location of the work in the center of said shaft, and means for bringing said tool into contact with the work during the travel of I said head, substantially as described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a base, a head movable relative thereto, a hollow shaft carried by said head,a cutting tool carried by said hollow shaft, means for rotating said tool and shaft, a second shaft within said hollow shaft and arranged for rotation therewith and longitudinal movement relative thereto, and means connecting said second shaft with said cutting tool whereby said tool is brought into contact with the work during 1 the travel of said head, substantially as del scribed 6. In adevice of the class described, the combination of a base, a head movable relative thereto, a hollow shaft in said head, a

cutting tool carriedby said shaft, a second shaft within said first shaft, said second shaft being arranged to actuate said cutting tool, means for causing relative longitudinal movement of said second shaft, said means including an arm traveling with said head, and a spring associated with said arm whereby the actuation of said second shaft is non-positive, substantially as described.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of a base, a head mounted for movement relative thereto, a hollow shaft mounted in said head, a cutting tool carried by said shaft, a second shaft within said hollow shaft,-said second shaft being adapted for longitudinal movement relative to said hollow shaft whereby to cause the actuation of said cutting tool, said head, hollow shaft and longitudinally movable shaft being grooved longitudinally to permit the insertion from the side, of-the work to be acted upon, substantially as described.

8. In a device of the class described; the combination of a base, a head. movable relative to said base, means in said-base adapted to move said head in a defined path, means for adjusting said headmoving means whereby to regulate the stroke of said head, a bur removing tool associated with said head, and means for bodily rotating said tool and simultaneously bringing the tool into contact with the work, substantially as described. w 9. A bur removing device, comprising in combination, a divided cutting tool, means for advancing and retracting said divided v tool, and gage members movable with the sections of the tool and adapted to limit the bite of said tool, substantially as described.

JOHN S. BANTA. ALBERT T. IVEAVER.

\Vitnesses to signature of John S, Ban'ta:

GEO. SELLs, WM. W. WARD. 

